Tag: development

May 23, 2023

More than half of learning and development (L&D) professionals name budget issues as the top challenge they face in implementing training, according to a May 10 report from Virti. Most companies initiate and maintain L&D programs to meet compliance requirements, […]

May 22, 2023

South Lanarkshire Council posted the spreadsheet online in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request which asked for details of staff pay grades. The spreadsheet was only supposed to include anonymised employee data, but details on a second page […]

May 22, 2023

Employee learning appears to be growing in importance as skilled credentials are increasingly valued—from training and course completion certificates to industry or professional certifications. According to LinkedIn’s 2023 Workplace Learning Report, employees crave learning that helps them stay up-to-date in […]

May 16, 2023

Employee training can be conducted in a variety of ways, but there are several keys to success that are applicable to virtually any training effort. These are the foundational must-haves training teams should embed in any training program. Effective Communication […]

April 28, 2023

What’s the best way to recruit—and retain—employees? Your company career site? Networking? Word of mouth? According to many studies, it’s actually employee referrals, which attract employees who tend to stick around for extended periods compared with those who are found […]

April 20, 2023

Workforce planning is the process of building a robust organization through analyzing, forecasting, and determining workforce supply and demand. Typically, it includes business plans for headcount and finance. Good workforce planning also records skills and competencies to inform and maintain […]

April 19, 2023

Most companies would love to have a coterie of workers who dedicate their lives to their jobs, sacrificing personal hobbies and relationships alike to pursue their passion for work like a TV detective. But such workers may well be a […]

April 19, 2023

Building and sustaining collaborative, interconnected teams is challenging, especially when managing a distributed global workforce. Before the recent pandemic disrupted people’s personal and professional lives, employee engagement and well-being were on a ten-year upswing. Today, this trend is upended. A […]

March 8, 2023

If asked to envision a business networking group or club, who do you see? An enclave of white men in business suits? If so, it’s time to update your perceptions. While networking groups have evolved from their boys club status […]

March 8, 2023

The emergence of the metaverse calls to mind the early days of the internet in the 1990s — new and full of unimaginable potential. Although diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) wasn’t the focus when the internet was new, companies can […]

March 7, 2023

While mental and emotional well-being has come further out of the shadows during the last few years, it still has an outsized impact on people at home and work. According to findings from the 2022 Alight International Workforce and Well-Being […]

March 7, 2023

Soft skills are the personal qualities that enable an individual to communicate effectively, work well in a team, and adapt to changing situations. In today’s modern workplace, soft skills have become increasingly important, not just for individual success but also […]

February 28, 2023

Every company wants to minimize turnover and improve employee engagement. But along with the recent media buzz about “quiet quitting,” there is an even bigger threat to employee engagement and productivity: “quiet constraint.” Game-changing innovation and ideas exist in the […]

February 21, 2023

Within the last year, interesting trends have emerged from federal courts on a variety of important ADA issues. Striking somewhat of a balance, courts have tended to be more favorable to employers in deciding which functions of a job are […]

February 14, 2023

The last few years have shaken up the way people work. Remote-capable companies recognize that employees prefer the hybrid work model and embrace shifting workforce tides. With over half of companies expecting to maintain a hybrid model beyond 2022, work […]

February 6, 2023

More than half of enterprise companies have yet to implement cutting-edge legal technologies to assist with compliance tracking and management, but human resources may be here to help. Legal and compliance departments that have failed to adopt critical technology systems […]

February 2, 2023

We live in a world where Black excellence is everywhere. Entrepreneurs like Oprah, Rihanna, Michael Jordan, Jay-Z and Beyonce dominate the airways, TV stations and retail outlets. Each of these stars entered the arena in different ways and all managed […]

February 2, 2023

Beyond formal training programs, the top performing companies also emphasize on-the-job coaching, according to McKinsey. “Ongoing coaching and continuous feedback are key to helping employees resolve challenges and adapt the way they work as needed,” the report observed. Employers get […]

February 2, 2023

HR leaders can expect to face many of the same challenges in 2023 as they did last year, according to Julia Anas, chief people officer at Qualtrics, a technology firm with offices in Seattle and Provo, UT. The nearly 20-year […]

January 30, 2023

Learning and development (L&D) teams are critical in helping organizations achieve their goals. The business suffers when employees don’t have the training and skills they need to do their jobs well. But L&D leaders sometimes struggle to show how their […]